Alle Kapitel von From Outcast To Alpha's Queen: Kapitel 131 – Kapitel 140

Travis sat on the edge of the clinical bed, his large hands unusually gentle as he held Aubrey’s foot. A nurse had just finished dabbing antiseptic on a shallow scrape on her toe and a small graze on her forearm.In the next bed, Cassandra was gritting her teeth. Her own wounds were much deeper, and she was currently stitching a jagged tear in her side while her twin brother, Caspian, watched with a dark expression.Caspian finally broke the silence, his voice sharp with frustration. "What was going through your head, Cassandra? Walking around the creek just as the sun was setting?"Cassandra didn't look up from her needle. "A lot of pack members walk there even at dawn, Caspian. Nothing ever happens. Silverstone doesn’t have beasts like that in the forest. You know that as well as I do.""Exactly," Caspian countered, pacing the small space. "We don't have those things here. So if you knew something like that could show up, why would you take the Luna out there without a full escort?"

Travis stood outside the heavy door for a long minute, taking a deep, shuddering breath to steady his racing heart. He reached for the handle and pushed the door open quietly.Aubrey was sitting upright in bed, her eyes wide and alert. The second she saw his silhouette, she threw the covers aside and hurried toward him. She didn't say a word at first, instead she just grabbed his arms and began checking his body, her hands moving frantically over his chest and shoulders."Travis! What the hell just happened?" she whispered, her voice thick with worry. She pulled his hands up to the light, seeing the faint red smears on his skin. "Are you okay? Are you hurt?"Travis caught her wrists, his grip firm but gentle. He looked down at her, forcing the hardness out of his eyes. "I’m fine, Aubrey. I just taught him a lesson he needed to learn. It was nothing serious. He won't be coming back."Aubrey didn't look convinced. She stepped closer, her forehead creasing. "Don't lie to me. Cassandra to

Aubrey walked deeper into Travis’s private office, her eyes scanning the sleek, modern furniture and the floor-to-ceiling windows that looked out over the city. This was the heart of the Thorne Group, the place where Travis made the decisions that kept their world turning. Even though they had been together for almost a year, this was actually her first time visiting his inner sanctum.Against one wall was a long mahogany shelf filled with plaques and trophies. Aubrey leaned in, tracing the gold lettering on one of them. "You won an award for Young Entrepreneur of the Year at twenty-one?" she asked, her voice full of amusement and genuine surprise. "I knew you were smart, but I didn't realize you were a prodigy."Travis stopped what he was doing at his desk, setting down a gold fountain pen to look at his wife. A proud, boyish smirk played on his lips. "There are a lot of things you don't know about your husband yet, my Luna. I wasn't always just a scary Alpha in the woods. I had to l

Aubrey stepped out of the Thorne Group headquarters, the afternoon sun hitting her face. She had originally planned to just order a delivery for her and Travis, but she knew how much he loved the grilled steak from the small bistro two blocks away. They only did take-out, and since she wanted to surprise him after their time in the office, she decided to walk there herself. The sidewalk was crowded with people in suits and tourists, but Aubrey moved through them with a quiet confidence. She reached the glass double doors of the restaurant and was about to pull the handle when someone from the inside pushed it open with force.The impact caught her off guard. Aubrey gasped, her heel catching on the uneven pavement as she began to stumble backward. She closed her eyes, bracing for a hard fall, but a pair of strong arms suddenly wrapped around her waist, hauling her back up.She looked up, her breath hitching, expecting to see a polite stranger. Instead, she was staring into the smug, f

Travis checked his watch for the fifth time in ten minutes. Thirty minutes had passed since Aubrey left to get their lunch. The bistro was only two blocks away. Even with the lunch crowd, she should have been back by now. He tried to focus on the contract in front of him, but the words blurred. His wolf was restless, pacing at the edge of his mind, sensing an agitation he couldn't quite name.He reached for his phone and dialed her number. It rang and rang until it finally cut to the automated voicemail. "Aubrey, call me when you get this," he muttered, hanging up. He stood up, grabbing his suit jacket from the back of his chair. He didn't wait. He walked out of his office and went straight to the security desk in the lobby. The guard stood up instantly, bowing his head."Did the Luna come back through the main entrance?" Travis asked, his voice low and tight."No, Alpha. We haven't seen her or Marcus since they left," the guard replied, looking nervous.Travis dialed her again. Thi